Hakai Me no Yuuri - Chapter 61
Author: Kaburagi Haruka
Translator: s.h.i.+roiKaze/Soyokaze Translations
3rd Act, Chapter 61: Witness Interviews
Translated by Soyokaze Translations: soyokazeweb . wordpress . Com
The Cornus Knight Order is the largest knight order in the Forneus Federation, the nation in the southern part of the Garm continent.
Within the united city-states that make up the federation, they can travel across as many munic.i.p.alities as they want, and n.o.body can complain. I suppose they could be considered something similar to a U.N. military?
Of course each city probably has their own expectations of them.
By the way, Mareba is considered a pioneering village affiliated with Cornus. Comb, being between the two, doesnt look too kindly on that.
“Its smaller than I expected”
“Well, the most favored place of the knight order here is their school facilities. The knight school is of the largest scale in the south; its designed to motivate students, and their main forces are established there.”
“The knight school Thats where Alec went, right?”
“Yeah. I went there for a short while too. When I was a kid, my boss had his eye on me and told me to go to school, then tossed me into it.”
“Oooh, that Is something I want to see too!”
“Unfortunately, its on the outskirts, so its a ways away.”
“Ugh. Well, Im sure well have the opportunity to actually go eventually. Were “immortal” after all.”
We have plenty of time. To the extent that well have an excess even after Alec and Marle die of old age
Thinking about that made me a little sad.
Perhaps Haster noticed that I was feeling down, because he hugged my head close to him.
“Yes, we have time. Both of us together, always.”
” Yeah.”
“You two sure have guts to be flirting in front of the all-male knight dorms. Do you want us to have at your a.s.s?”
“Y-you cant do that! His b.u.t.t belongs to me!”
“Let me take care of my own b.u.t.t.”
Theyll give us a pounding from behind if we let our guard down?! What a frightening place the knight order is!
At some point a knight whos tall, bulky, has a crew cut, and is manly to the point where he even smells manly stood before us.
“Haster, its dangerous here. Lets hurry and get out!”
“No, could you remember why were here? Aah, sorry. My names Haster and Im acting as mister Oreas helper. We came here hoping to hear about the repeated phantom thief incidents.”
“Oh, that. Sure, Ill take you inside to wait. Ill call the related individuals.”
Since Hasters in his boy form right now, he probably only trusts us because we used mister Oreas name.
Come to think of it, mister Oreas mentioned that having a sage join in the investigation would act as a deterrent. Is it okay that Hasters sticking to his child form?
While we were sitting in the waiting room, I decided to ask about that.
“Yeah, we have to gather information and stuff, too. If were formally moving, then my adult appearance would probably be best, but we planned on going out to town after this, right?”
“Oh, now that you mention it Then that form is for gathering information?”
“Yeah, I suppose. That and of course, I was thinking I wanted to walk around town with you in my natural form.”
In other words He came here in this form for our date afterward?
Thats uhh Yeah Not a bad idea.
I like his adult form too, but people are bound to look at us like were father and daughter in that form, so this Desire to show off kind of feeling wouldnt be fulfilled.
My personality has gone a bit rotten too.
“Anyway, our investigation takes priority right now. I wonder what kind of story is going to come popping out at us.”
Not a moment later, three men came into the room.
Theyre rather slender, but well-cut handsome men in their late teens or early twenties.
Alec was the same way, but I wonder if this knight order has some sort of correction towards handsome men? Oh, come to think of it, that wouldnt include the gatekeeper would it?
Well, there should be some demand for his type in a different group of people.
“A pleasure to meet you. My name is Haster, and Im working as an a.s.sistant for mister Oreas. I truly appreciate you taking time out of your day for us.”
“Y-yeah. Wow, youre quite the proper boy. Nice to meet you, Im Atol. I was on site when she was captured. A pleasure.”
“Im Pele, and I took in the offender.”
“This petty officers name is Byzak. twas I who was guarding the prison.”
“Oh, I am Yuuri. Im his wi- His aide.”
I almost told them Im his wife. Their suspicion of us would definitely switch to maximum, so I stopped.
I am a woman who can read the atmosphere.
“Shes my wife, so dont lay a hand on her.”
And he blew my consideration to smithereens.
“S-such a young boys wife, you say?!”
“You mean to say youre getting it on with this beautiful girl every night?!”
“Go explode Just go right ahead and explode”
The knights made a sudden about-face, and I heard them muttering things full of hate!?
Though we certainly do get it on every night.
“Wai-, what do you think youre doing, suddenly building an emotional blockade?!”
“No, I just I figured your appearance would be dangerous for these women-deprived knights, so I was drawing a line”
“Geez! Think about the time and place a little!”
“Yeah, sorry about that. So about that phantom thief”
Perhaps because of the sudden switch to a serious topic, the knights tightened up their expressions, and responded in kind.
Im getting thirsty, so Id like some tea or something, but Theyre not the most considerate of people. Are men really just like this?
Yeah, I said that all haughtily, but I used to be a man too.
I went to the coffee maker installed at the end of the room, made enough tea for everyone and distributed it.
“Oh, my apologies. Thats something we should have been doing, and yet I suppose weve gotten inconsiderate, being in all-male housing.”
“Its fine. This is a womans job, after all.”
I responded with my most well-mannered smile. Well, I also used to No, its a little late for that.
The knights may have been feeling ashamed at their lack of consideration, seeing as they were blus.h.i.+ng fiercely while hanging their heads.
“Ahem, Yuuri, that should be enough So?”
“R-right. I guess Ill start.”
Mister Atol elected himself to go first.
What he told us was a story about what happened after Leviathan had a rare success in stealing her target.
While feeling fortunate that she stole the correct target, the knight order found her. Apparently their first pursuit succeeded.
Within the darkness of night, relying on torchlight, they called “Stop!” while pursuing her.
Its a sight often seen in movies and anime, but Leviathan then turned around and replied, “n.o.body would stop just because you tell them to!”
Yeah, she turned around.
Becoming inattentive to what was in front of her, she didnt notice the horse carriage flying out from the street corner, and she plowed magnificently into the frame of it.
Thankfully there were no serious injuries, and she was restrained. When he called his companions and had them take her away, he suddenly realized something.
He couldnt remember a single thing about her face.
At the time, he didnt think it mattered by that point and let the matter be, but he didnt think for a moment that she would break out of prison.
“And there was no trace of her casting magic?”
“At the very least, I dont recall her activating any magic circles.”
Does that mean it wasnt a spell she herself actively used?
An always-in-use type magic tool? But since they break without the ability to recharge them, always-active magic tools shouldnt be in wide-spread use.
Anyway, lets hear what the next one has to say.
“Next is me, who took her in.”
Mister Pele was apparently trying to corner her from a different direction, but when he heard his companion calling he ran over to the scene.
Leviathan was already restrained when he got there, and he carried her off to the prison where she would be cooped up.
That was because mister Atol had to stay and respond to the plight of the carriage that got into the accident.
Unfortunately, the carriage belonged to a city official, and it got a big gash on it when Leviathan crashed into it.
The repairs for it, and returning the stolen gem, were both cleanup duties that still remained.
Mister Pele confirmed that the stolen jewel was in good hands, and got a good look at Leviathan before taking her in.
She was tied up with rope, and he kept behind her cautiously, so he could respond to any suspicious actions by her, then handed her over to mister Byzak.
And then, of course, when he returned from doing that, he realized that he couldnt remember what Leviathan looked like.
While he was taking her in, he was constantly behind her, and she didnt have any opportunity to cast a spell.
“Youre certain you dont remember her casting a spell?”
“That is so. When I first got a look at her and thereafter, I was always behind her standing a cautious watch, so in my humble opinion I believe it would have been impossible for her to cast anything.”
“Using a spell does require confirmation of the target, after all. In which case, maybe it really was an always-active spell?”
“If that is true, then it is extremely troubling. Even if we catch her, that means we wont be able to remember who she is.”
And then last is mister Byzaks account.
That night he was on prison guard duty, and when he took Leviathan in, he removed her armaments, locked her in the cell, and monitored her while sitting at the desk in front of the cell.
Leviathan took no suspicious actions as the night pa.s.sed, and when morning came near he felt sleepy, so he went to get a pot of coffee from the corner of the room And thats when he apparently realized she was no longer there.
He leaped to the front of the cell in a panic, and took a good look inside, but she really was not there.
Moreover, when he searched his memory, he could not remember the persons appearance. In confusion, he opened the cell and went in to seek any trace of the escape, but there was nothing.
Still in a state of disorder, he reported to his superior, received a terrible reprimanding, and thats how we got to where we are now.
“That part, when you took your eyes off of her for a moment; about how long was that?”
“Let me see now At best I believe it was one or two minutes or thereabouts.”
“What if she used that time to open the lock and escape?”
“Regardless of how adept, twould be impossible. twas not only the cell, but also the monitoring room which remained under lock.”
“What state was the lock on the cell in?”
“It had remained locked.”
” Hmm?”
If it was me, then I probably would have been able to escape while locked inside.
Thats if I had placed a [Teleport] spell of course. But even so
“The installation of always-active magic, [Teleport] Even though theyre things Haster and I developed together in recent years”
“Yeah, this means she may be a magic genius like us.”
I develop the spell, and Haster puts it into practice. That combination skill we eventually attained together, but done by only one person?
I cant believe it. Someone who could surpa.s.s his genius in magic would have to be a total cheat.
Cheat? What if There were other reincarnated people besides me?
No, if reincarnated people were just rolling around here like that, then this worlds culture should have advanced more. I mean, they didnt even have air conditioning.
Which means There must be some kind of trick to it I suppose?
“May we see the jail where she was imprisoned?”
He must have reached the same conclusion as me. He wanted to see the jail too.
Without a single unpleasant look, they guided us to the jail.
And then we concluded that we couldnt find any trace of whatever trick was used.
Translated by Soyokaze Translations: soyokazeweb . wordpress . Com
In the end, Leviathans means of escape remained a mystery, and we ended up leaving the headquarters.
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